University of Reading
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A Project to Uncover the Truth, by Ellie Grigsby
‘The little girl could not sleep because her thoughts were way too deep, her mind had gone out for a stroll and fallen down the rabbit hole.”– Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, 1865. At my first supervision session in 2022,… Continue reading
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The 1939 Municipal Rent strikes in England. When women held their communities together, by Fiona Lane
‘The idea of living in a neighbourhood…appears virtually to have no connection with any responsibility for its good government in the mind of the average housewife.’[1] The theme of ‘inspire inclusion’ for Women’s History Month is a welcome opportunity to… Continue reading
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May Hobbs: Organising the Nightcleaners, by Amy Longmuir
May Hobbs was born in Hoxton, East London in 1938. Like many other working class women, by the 1960s she found work as a nightcleaner in the ever-increasing number of high-rise office blocks in central London. Much of this work… Continue reading
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#IWD: Female Comradery, Politics and Belonging, by Abbie Tibbott
The theme for International Women’s Day this month is ‘Inspire Inclusion’, and it got me thinking a little bit about how important collaboration is to getting things done, and what evidence I have seen of this during my own research.… Continue reading
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Women’s History Month 2024: A Student Spotlight on British Class and Gender
During the spring term, students taking Dr Jacqui Turner’s module, “Rebel Girls” were tasked with making their own digital, or physical, scrapbooks. They were required to select a woman who they viewed as a rebel girl, and compile their research… Continue reading